Tag: False Patriotism
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What This Country MEANS To Me (America IS Exceptional — When Republicans GET OUT OF OUR WAY…)
I have a mixed marriage. I am American and my wife is British (now also American). My children are mixed – British & American Nationals. I have contemplated becoming like them – a Bi-National. And yet — I have always had reservations about doing such a thing — because, on some level, I feel like…
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Hey, America — Next Time, Let’s Take Better Care of Our Democracy, Okay?
There’s a Joni Mitchell song — pretty well known — with a lyric that goes something like this — They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘Till it’s gone…
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In The Pantheon of Bullshit, ‘Flag-Waving’ Sits Atop Its Flagpole
There are Americans – lots of em – who genuinely believe that Patriotism means you wave a flag at every opportunity and scream at people who don’t wave flags cause they’re being ‘unpatriotic’. They think the bigger the flag on their front lawn, the more patriotic they are. These are the same mooks who think…